plural of English flute

The ancient or older language of Modern English, spoken in England and parts of Scotland (where it became Lowland Scots) from about 1100 AD to 1500 AD. It developed from Anglo-Saxon, also called Old English, with heavy influence from French and Latin after the Norman invasion.

Synonym of Shakespearean sonnet

The form of the English language that is chiefly used in the United States, contrasted with British English or Canadian English and that of other places.

Of or relating to, or spoken or written in American English.

(linguistics, history) The ancestor language of Modern English, also called Anglo-Saxon, spoken in most of Britain from about 400 to 1100.

The English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift, completed in roughly 1550.

Middle English.

The form of the English language used in Australia.

(uncommon) The generalised variety of English spoken and written primarily in the United Kingdom and its former colonies, frequently excluding Canada; always excluding the United States of America. (ie. non-North American English)